A Durango man died May 8 in the Berri Park area up Middle Mountain Road of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot.
Sheriff's Lt. Ed Phippen identified him as Andrew Giffin, 52. His family has been notified, Phippen said Wednesday.
According to the case file, sheriff's deputies were dispatched at around 5 p.m. May 8 after Crossroads Mental Health reported that Giffin was suicidal and they were trying to find him.
"Through cell phone tracking, we found that he was in the Vallecito area," Phippen said. "We started searching and found his vehicle, a white Honda Accord. It was up Middle Mountain Road in the Berri Park area. He was found close to the vehicle on the ground. It appeared he shot himself with a pistol. It was next to him."
Autopsy results are pending. "Right now it's an unintended death investigation" until an autopsy ruling determines whether it was a suicide, Phippen said.
